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08/08/02
Blood Work (2002)
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Reviews Counted:147
Fresh:79
Rotten:68
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Blood Work is a routine, but competently made thriller marred by lethargic pacing.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Someone’s got Terry McCaleb’s number. A veteran FBI profiler, McCaleb (CLINT EASTWOOD) is unrelenting in his pursuit of justice and unequalled in his success at tracking and catching murderers.... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Wanda De Jesus, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston
Director: Clint Eastwood
Reviews for Blood Work
Although the identity of the action thriller's culprit is painfully evident early in the movie, Mr. Eastwood's direction is skillful enough to keep the suspense percolating.
08/08/02
...another one of Clint Eastwood's essays on the aging process disguised as a genre film.
08/08/02
The professionalism of the direction does little to mask the banality of the product.
08/08/02
A welcome relief from a summer of freaks, fools and flying saucers.
08/08/02
[The film] delivers the goods, in part because of Eastwood's iconic presence and in part because of Daniels' scene-stealing work in what could have been a hokey role.
08/08/02
The pacing is glacial, the screenplay is stiff as a board, and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes.
08/08/02
Seems to have been influenced solely by TV cop shows, right down to its cliched humor.
08/08/02
Has a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best.
08/08/02
A worthwhile thriller.
08/08/02
This is a murder mystery in which fitting together the pieces of the puzzle takes precedence over the solution.
08/08/02
Some say Eastwood could sleepwalk through detective thrillers of this nature. I say he just did.
08/08/02
The Good, The Bad and the Elderly
08/08/02
Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career, Clint Eastwood's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him. Big time.
08/08/02
A sturdy, if dawdling, old-fashioned adding-up- the-clues mystery that turns out to be one or two notches cleverer than you expect.
08/08/02
Almost predictable enough to induce widespread eye-rolling
08/08/02
Eastwood judiciously tempers the picture's more hackneyed elements. But so many scenes invite easy second-guessing of the hero...that the movie's strengths are often obscured.
08/07/02
A satisfying and engaging thriller, even if it does take you down the memory lane of previous serial killer scripts.
08/07/02
Sometimes this 'Blood' seems as tired as its protagonist...Still, the pulse never disappears entirely, and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game.
08/07/02
Blood Work is just no fun, it's so amazingly predictable, and it moves at a snails pace
08/07/02
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